Ning Gains Funds, Users
Earlier this week, Ning collected $44 million in funding – that’s easily the main story here. But to add an important update to this event, Ning has also now reached the point where it has over 75,000 social networks.
Gord Interviews Jakob Nielsen
I recently had the opportunity to talk to Jakob Nielsen for a series I’m doing for Search Engine Land about what the search results page will look like in 2010. Jakob is called a "controversial guru of Web design" in Wikipedia (Jakob gets his own shots in at Wikipedia in this interview) because of his strongly held views on the use of graphics and flash in web design.
Is the Page View a Dying Metric?
I’ve read two recent-ish posts on this topic. One was via the IAB from The Washington Post about AOL’s apparent jump to the top of the website pile because page views were no longer the dominant metric being used to track results.
Nielsen Scraps Web Page View Rankings
Back in February, USA Today penned this article on the page view as a dying stat…
Root Kit DRM Company Gets Sued
In an almost comical turn about, the company that provided Sony with one of the two horrific DRM systems in October of 2005 is now facing a lawsuit. MediaMax worked on controlling the number of copies that a person could make with a CD, and has cost Sony some 5.75 million dollars to settle the lawsuits that arose from the use of MediaMax.
Google Named Most Significant E-Biz Development
Google properties made up three of the top 10 most significant e-commerce developments of the last decade, according the Software & Information Industry Association.
Squidoo – Principles to Consider
Not enough time for the usual in-depth rant (lucky for you)… but jumping off Danny’s excellent overview, I will assume that Google found within itself to ratchet down the value of Squidoo pages in the grand scheme of things.
Google Caught In Name Game – Again
In Germany, Google’s already lost its hold on the term “Gmail”; now Beijing Guge Science and Technology has challenged the company’s right to use the Chinese version of “Google” itself.
Google Korea Sees (Sort Of) Impressive Growth
A recent wave of articles documented Google’s lack of market share in South Korea – this corresponds to an apparent lack of success. And, while I can’t argue with that conclusion, there are signs that Google could still turn things around.
Google Extends Apps To Non-Profits
Registered non-profit organizations in the United States will be able to use the Google Apps Education Edition for their communication needs.
Webcasting Reprieved At Last Minute
New royalty rates for webcasting go into effect on Sunday, but SoundExchange will not immediately attempt to collect them from members of the Copyright Royalty Board.